diff --git a/src/app/create-post/page.tsx b/src/app/create-post/page.tsx
index 1c54262..d943024 100644
--- a/src/app/create-post/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/create-post/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { getCookies, hasCookie } from "@/helpers/cookie";
+import { getCookie, hasCookie } from "@/helpers/cookie";
 import { Button, Form, Input, Textarea } from "@nextui-org/react";
 import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
 import { useState } from "react";
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default function CreatePostPage() {
             return;
           }
 
-          if (!hasCookie()) {
+          if (!hasCookie("token")) {
             setErrors({ content: "You are not logged in" });
             return;
           }
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ export default function CreatePostPage() {
               body: JSON.stringify({
                 title: title,
                 content: content,
-                username: getCookies().user,
+                username: getCookie("user"),
               }),
               method: "POST",
               headers: {
                 "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                authorization: `Bearer ${getCookies().token}`,
+                authorization: `Bearer ${getCookie("token")}`,
               },
             }
           );
diff --git a/src/components/navbar/index.tsx b/src/components/navbar/index.tsx
index 1609b54..3593e08 100644
--- a/src/components/navbar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/navbar/index.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { SiDiscord, SiForgejo, SiGithub } from "@icons-pack/react-simple-icons";
 import { LogInIcon, NotebookPen, SquarePen } from "lucide-react";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { hasCookie, getCookies } from "@/helpers/cookie";
+import { hasCookie, getCookie } from "@/helpers/cookie";
 import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
 import { UserType } from "@/types/UserType";
 
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ export default function Navbar() {
   useEffect(() => {
     loadUser();
     async function loadUser() {
-      if (!hasCookie()) {
+      if (!hasCookie("token")) {
         setUser(undefined);
         return;
       }
 
       const response = await fetch(
         process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MODE === "PROD"
-          ? `https://d2jam.com/api/v1/self?username=${getCookies().user}`
-          : `http://localhost:3005/api/v1/self?username=${getCookies().user}`,
+          ? `https://d2jam.com/api/v1/self?username=${getCookie("user")}`
+          : `http://localhost:3005/api/v1/self?username=${getCookie("user")}`,
         {
-          headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${getCookies().token}` },
+          headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${getCookie("token")}` },
         }
       );
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/cookie.ts b/src/helpers/cookie.ts
index 30903ad..f255031 100644
--- a/src/helpers/cookie.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/cookie.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,22 @@ export function getCookies() {
   return cookies;
 }
 
-export function hasCookie() {
+export function getCookie(cookie: string) {
   const pairs = document.cookie.split(";");
   for (let i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
-    const pair = pairs[i].split("=");
-    if (pair[0] == "token") {
+    const pair = pairs[i].trim().split("=");
+    if (pair[0] == cookie) {
+      return pair[1];
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function hasCookie(cookie: string) {
+  const pairs = document.cookie.split(";");
+  for (let i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
+    const pair = pairs[i].trim().split("=");
+    if (pair[0] == cookie) {
       return true;
     }
   }